My name's Patrick, and I'm here to help you build an Evangelical Catholic spirituality from the ground up. Cosmic Word, for a cosmic faith. For you.I want to help you ge that Word in your ears, so that it might get into your heart. The Word of God, and some deep dives 'Through the Word' to cover the big topics. Also, we take breaks to pray together, meditatively, through the Psalms. (Thanks to Joel Peel for the artwork, through Upsplash)
I am bad at resting. I don't know how, and when I do, I do it badly. But I've been talking with a few people (maybe you know them, maybe you don't) and the Holy Spirit has been showing me some beautiful truth from the Scripture. Join the conversation, and find your home in Our Open Book.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Email: patrickandthebook@gmail.comNow available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
This is the channel trailer. The elevator pitch. A short answer to the question- "What is this podcast?"Well, it's for you. Because the Bible is for us. Join me to read and pray and ingest and live.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Email: patrickandthebook@gmail.comNow available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
Let's pray with honest hearts, but also let God shape our honesty. In this psalm, God teaches us to pray for true obedience to His goodness- a standard we can trust when everything else changes, because it's built into the fabric of the universe He created!My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Email: patrickandthebook@gmail.comNow available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
We pray together, and meditate, using the repetition and depth of Psalm 119. There are 22 sections to this psalm, a long hymn/prayer/rhetor of God's Law, and when we take it slowly- piece by piece- we ourselves are drawn into the very character of God. So join in! There's never a bad place to start!My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Email: patrickandthebook@gmail.comNow available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
It's been a while, but we're back in Habakkuk! If we're going to wrestle and live in God's Word, it's hard to pick a more challenging section than this one. But it's so worth it. And it's most worth it when we do it together. Spirituality is something we share, so let's get into it together.(Fun fact I noticed while editing: I say pronounce the prophet's name 2 different ways throughout. Oh well.)My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
We begin a new piece of Our Open Book today, and I'm kind of scared, but we'll do this together! Habakkuk's oracle is personal and formative for understanding our spirituality, and seeing its roots in the Old Testament. Habakkuk teaches us to pray in this first part, and we join him in mourning. Listen in, and share.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
This is the second part of a expansive (and long) psalm, where we focus and pray as we consider the necessity of God's Word in our lives. Purity and goodness is found in Him, and His Word is an extension of that goodness into us! So let's pray about it.Together, you and me.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have an Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
This is the first part of a magnificent (and long) Psalm, where we pray and meditate on God's Word. Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and keep it, so we pray and hope to be brought under that Word again and again.Together, you and me.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have an Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
After all this time, we finally got my first guest! We've been planning this for months, and life (and new life!) kept getting in the way. So join me and my friend discuss one of the grossest but most important part of our spirituality: God's blood. Listen at your own pace, and get in contact with any questions or comments!Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Email: patrickandthebook@gmail.com
The steadfast love of God endures forever, and we learn to pray based on that precious truth. The God of eternity is with us. So we approach Him based on this truth.Together, you and me.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have an Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
Here's the rest of it! Sorry to hold you in suspense, but I needed something to release this week. Times are hard, ya know.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
Hey, I'm back! We'll retread some old ground and maybe see something new. There is a flow and purpose to this letter that is not always easy to see, and the letter's priorities become ours. Our spirituality is evanglical and catholic, so we let's listen to God and soak it in together!NOTE: My normal music is gone from this episode, so you can skip the 30 seconds of silence. Or don't, I guess. It's up to you. My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
God invites us to praise Him in faith, trust, hope, and love. And as we join in, we also invite others. So let's learn how to praise God and meditate on how much thanks He deserves. Together, you and me. My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality. Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
Wow, that's a long title. But I really enjoyed the topic. When we talk about spirituality, we have to start somewhere, right? Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Email: patrickandthebook@gmail.com
Conversations make a difference. Here's an imaginary one I hope to have someday. If you know someone who needs to listen to it, share it. And then, listen to some of the other stuff going on here, because new projects keep rolling out. Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Email: patrickandthebook@gmail.com
Here we are, at the end of the Paul's Letter, and it's personal. The shared spirituality becomes clearly personal, and we can't help but find our home in it- in Christ, in the Word, together.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
The Almighty God has wrath against our sins, but having Him against us is like having the very ground under our feet be against us, the air being fire in our lungs, and our shelter melting around us. We pray for mercy from an unchanging eternal God, and He teaches us to pray.Together, you and me.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
This is a shorter one, because this section is shorter. Bite sized, but dripping with constructive Words from God, and I had a lot of fun with it. I hope this has been helpful for you, as much as it has been helpful for me. We're almost to the end of Colossians! Let's finish strong, with contemplation and prayer to Our Heavenly Father, who has given us this Book!My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
Take a break. Get your soul in order with God. He has something to say about you, and its only right that we get to speak with Him as well. So, let's learn to talk about the shame that we feel toward God, and let hope be inspired in us by a steady love in the face of God.Together, you and me.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
...wherein I play the banjo and play around with the hallmark ideas of "evangelical" and "catholic", and how they are my favorite parts of Christian spirituality. Join for a bit, if you like. I'm not great at banjo, but Baptism sure is great.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Email: patrickandthebook@gmail.com
Let's pray with the joy and peace and anticipation that the Lord gives! We're going to the Lord's house, and we pray for the peace of everywhere the Lord's peace and order reign.Together, you and me.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
In this meditation, we walk through the what Christian spirituality looks like day to day. It's not glamorous or glorious, but it helps us see the world as God created it, and what he's redeeming it toward. It's a long one, but as we focus on the roles and vocations that God has for us as we live in Christ, maybe we should be patient with these words. It's God's Word, so we give it the chance it deserves.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
Let's take a break to pray together. We're learning to pray from the Prayer Book of the Bible. We listen as God Himself prays to His Heavenly Father. We learn spirituality from the Holy Spirit of God, given to us in Christ, and we look to our Father.Together, you and me.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
What are we looking for? Where do our eyes go for rest and hope? For the Christian, it's Jesus. Yeah, he's hidden, but if Colossians has formed us in anyway, we can rest in hope for Our Life to shine out someday soon. Let's walk and talk and meditate on that.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!NOTE: I accidentally said that our sinful nature is God's favorite part of us, and that doesn't make sense, but if you listen to everything else, it should make sense! Sorry, guys!
Hey it's an update!I spend sometime talking about the theological point of view I'm coming from, and other things like my influences, goals for the program, and plans for the future. If you have any other questions, you are free to reach me on Twitter and email!Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Email: patrickandthebook@gmail.com
"Hello again! It's been a while!" That's what I say, and it's true. And we've all been growing and changing lately. I hope this Psalm guides you, as it has been since it was echoed out the first time so many years ago.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
We continue through Paul's Letter to the Colossians, and we contemplate what's missing in man-made spirituality- Jesus Christ, the fullness of everything, given to us for salvation.Great stuff, and I really can't help but pontificate a bit.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
Let's take a break to pray- but we can't expect ourselves to know what to say in the face of God. Instead, He teaches us, and we realize it's what we needed to say all along.This one is one of my favorites, and I hope you see the fruit in it as well!My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1Now available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts!
Christ is the center of Christian spirituality, and belief in Him needs to be guarded from everything else that wants to have our trust. There is one simple reason for that: every else falls short.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1
Let's take a break from our journey through Colossians. Let's pray together, led by the Prayer Book of the Bible- the Psalms.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1
Spirituality is what happens as we contemplate God, and then ourselves, and then God again, and then ourselves again. In these God-given words, Christian spirituality takes shape around the Son of God and the Church he commissioned. Let's taste the mysteries.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1
Okay, this is a long one. We focus on the meat of spirituality: who is this God, and what has he done? For us?My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1
We continue meditating upon the Letter to the Christians at Colossae.My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1
Welcome to the first episode! You found it!(Note from September 2020, this episode has very bad audio, and I've definitely learned how to do better. Please believe me. Listen to something more recent, and I'll treat your ears better.)My name is Patrick, and I want to help you have a Evangelical Catholic Spirituality.Twitter: @OurOpenBook1
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